How Did Czar Nicholas II Cause The Russian Revolution

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In the early nineteen hundreds, Russia was ruled by Czar Nicholas II. He was the last in line of a long line of monarchs called Romanovs. By 1915 , most of the Russian people had lost complete faith in the Czar. Many factors include the corruption of the Russian government, approximately 3 quarters of Russia was poverty stricken, substandard working conditions and wages, and the dreadful involvement in World War I. Russia’s political problems during the Russian Revolution caused a major shift in people’s lives government, and religion. In 1917, there were two revolutions that took place in March and October. In March, Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate from the throne due disobeyance from the Duma, an elected assembly that he created to …show more content…

(Structure of the autocratic monarchy) Czar Nicholas II was the last in line in a long line of monarchs called The Romanovs. There was major oppression under Czar Nicholas II. As time went on, he became even less concerned about the common people. The city workers were toiling in the factories with meager wages and dangerous working conditions. This caused the peasants to revolt and form a series of strikes and riots. The domestic unrest in Russia forced Czar Nicholas II to give up some power and set up the Duma. The Duma is a Russian elected assembly created to solve Russia’s internal problems. (Structure and more on why he created the Duma) During this time World War I was going on and Russia’s involvement was dreadful. Even with the heavy losses of people, Russia continued raising taxes and raising money for the war. This caused food shortages and great suffering for the peasants. Czar Nicholas II tried to suppress the riots by force, but soon the military began to disobey him. Military mutinies began to spread. By 1917, Czar Nicholas II had little control of the country. The Duma refused to obey the Czar (Why did the Duma disobey him) and, without his consent, setup the new Provisional Government. Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate from the throne. This marked the end of the Russian Monarchy. Even though the autocratic rule had ended, the new provisional government (Explain the structure of the provisional government and its goals) was not so popular either. (Why?) (Give Examples) The working class gathered into working councils called Soviets to push to end Russia’s involvement in the war and the redistribution of land amongst the working class. A man named Vladimir Lenin knew that there was unrest in Russia, so he returned to Russia after originally being exiled for an assassination attempt on Alexander II. Vladimir Lenin led a group called the Bolsheviks to stage a coup d’etat over

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